Fish Passage Site 20501405

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.22848°, -150.44498°
Legal Description: S025N006W30
Region: South Central
Road Name: Oil Well Road

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna A-1
AWC Stream #: 247-41-10200-2081-3100-4163
Stream Name: Moose Creek tributary

Elevation:

Site Comments: SUSITNA RIVER WATERSHED, Moose Creek Bridge is about 300 feet northeast of site.

Multiple surveys have been conducted at this site — click on the drop down
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Survey PRK09-OWR05

Project Supervisor: Gillian O'Doherty, ADFG
Observers: Heidi Zimmer, Ben Histand

Overall Fish Passage Rating: Gray

Tidal: No
Backwatered: No

Step Pools:
Construction Year:


Site Observations:

  1. Culvert gradient gray
  2. Constriction ratio gray

Comments: Resurvey PRK041A042. u/s is rust-stained ditch along road w/ lots of slimy algae and coho fry. Probably not a barrier. **Updated site photos added from 9/7/16 site visit from Sampling Unmapped Streams in the MSB project. Fish sampling information added to AFFI.

Culvert Measurements

ID: 1 Structure Type: Circular pipe (Corrugated steel) Fish Passage Rating: Gray
 
Length(ft): 47.6
Inlet Type: Projecting
Outlet Type: Projecting
Corrugation Depth(in.): 0.5
Corrugation Width(in.): 2.75
Condition Rating(1-5): 5
Approach Angle: 1.0
Sedimentation At Inlet: No
Inlet Substrate: None
Outlet Substrate: None
InletOutlet
Width(ft):3.0 3.0
Height(ft):3.0 3.0
Apron Length(ft):
Water Depth(ft): 0.44
Rustline Height(ft):0.7
Substrate Depth(ft):0.0 0.0
Backwatered?: No
Baffles Present: No
Embedded?: No
Outfall Height: 0.0
Outfall Type: At Stream Grade
Constriction Ratio: 0.75
Culvert Gradient: 0.55%
Max Slope:
Max Slope Length:
  Culvert Observations:
  1. Culvert gradient gray
  2. Constriction ratio gray

Stream Measurements

Stream SubstratesUpstreamDownstream
Dominant:GravelSilt/Clay
Subdominant:SandSand
Stream Slope(deg.):
Stream Flow Stage:Medium
Stream Width Type Distance From
Crossing (ft)
Stream
Width (ft)
Upstream ordinary high water 75.0 3.50
Upstream ordinary high water 110.0 4.00
Upstream ordinary high water 127.0 4.50

Elevations

Locator ID Culvert
Number
River
Distance (ft)1
Distance From
Crossing (ft)2
Relative
Elevation (ft)
Outlet Pool Water Elev 1 97.21
U/S Headwater 1 97.38
D/S Water Surface Elev (d/s WS) 1 0.00 95.0 96.93
D/S Water Surface Elev (WS @ GP) 1 64.00 31.0 97.48
D/S Tailcrest or 1st Thalweg 1 80.50 14.5 96.99
D/S Water Surface Elev (WS @ TWC) 1 80.50 14.5 97.20
D/S Thalweg (bottom of outlet pool) 1 91.00 4.0 95.92
Outlet Invert 1 95.00 0.0 96.77
Road Elev 1 118.50 101.88
Inlet Culvert Invert 1 142.00 0.0 97.03
U/S Grade Ctrl (Thalweg) (1st TC u/s) 1 173.00 31.0 97.30

Notes:

  1. River distance is measured continuously throughout the survey reach along the thalweg of the stream.
  2. Measured from each end of the crossing along the thalweg of the stream.

Fish Sampling Efforts

Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (A)
Comments: Lots of small salmonids, most likely coho fry.

Fish Observations

No fish observations occurred during this survey.

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